Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-09-02
General Notes.

There are two proposed amend
meuts 20 'he Constitution of the
State. 0Ie of the amendments,
kro%n as The prohibitory amend
men', proposes legislation to prohibit
intoxicating liquors; the ether, pro-
poses to change the qualifications
nee essary for voting. The Constitu-
tion now requires the pay ment Of a
or county tax as one OF the voters
qualifications This the amendment t
proposes to abolish that and also TO
change the required length OF resi-
dence in a given district from 60 to
80 days.
Should the next Legislature pass
these two amendments they will be
submitted to a vote of the people, and
should majority of those voting be
in favor OF the amendment they will
become part of the fundamental law
of the State.
The election in Ohio this fall is
going to be an important one. The
Democrats have made a platform
containing strong free trade plank
while the republicans never proclaim
ed the protection doctrine more stren-
uously. The issue therefore, between
the free traders and the protectionists
has seldom been more distinct or
sharply drawn than in the Ohio con-
test. To add to the interest of the
struggle, Mr.. Frank Hurd, who is the
ablest and most brilliant of all expo
nents of free trade, has announced his
intention of taking the stump for the
Democratic ticket; this resolution ON
his part emphasizes tho anti-protec-
tive declaration of the party, Mr..
Hurd being as radical freetrader as
is TO be found in tie length and
breadth Ct the land. Not only that,
but be has suffered defeat, not once,
but twice, il defense of his economic
principles. Universally recognized
as ore Of the ablest and most useful
men in Congress on either side of the
argument, MIR. Hurd has been twice
beaten on . free trade
platform in q district which is over
wtelmingly Democratic, by Repub-
lican protectionist, who now holds
Mr.. Hurd's old seat.
-Geronimo's successor as chief of
the murderous Apaches is called The
Kid" He is an example Of the edu-
Gated Indian. He graduated with
high honors from one OF the Eastern
schools, where his young idea was
taught to shoot SO accurately that he
never misses a white man at 800
yards.
The announcement is made that
China is about to discard its old pre-
judices, change its methods and enter
upon en- era of new industrial devel-
opment and civilization, largely 1n-
der the influence of American capital.
The Chinese will build railroads, de-
velop mines, establish new factories;
and. it is said, large number of
Cinnamon who have learned trades
and industries in this country and
have become experts in the laying OF
railroads, in mining and in the build
ing Of bridges, are returning to Chi
ma to take hand in this new move
ment. In fine China, which for CEN
turies led the world in science, art
and industry, proposes to emerge
from the stagnation of centuries and
enter into new fields.
A Washington dispatch says that
the Postoftice Department, about the
18th OF September will make certain
changes in the color and design Of
some Of its adhesive stamps and i'm
pressed stamps upon envelops. The
two-cent adhesive stamp now issued
in red will be changed to green. The
three-cent adhesive stamp now issu-
ed in green will lie changed to YER
million, The design of adhesive
stamps will remain unchanged. In
stamped envelopes the two-cent en-
velope will be changed from red to
greeni the four-cent envelope will be
changed from green to carmine; the
fve-cent from brown to dark blue;
the thirty-cent from black to brown,
and the ninety cent from carmine to
purple.